Putting payloads into model rockets can be more complex than simply shoving stuff into an open spot, so [concretedog] put some work into making a modular payload tube for his current rocket.

Capable of carrying a small payload, the rocket can fly as high as 400 feet (120 meters) using a single C6-3 or C6-5 model rocket engine. Each box also includes a postcard that can fly much higher ...

Traveling at nearly 18,000 miles per hour, it can take less than 8.5 minutes for a rocket to fly from Earth’s surface to space orbit. But for the payload it’s carrying, it’s a much, much ...

Firefly Aims To Build the ‘Model T of Rockets’ by Debra Werner November 23, 2015 January 23, 2023. ... To date, cubesats have flown primarily as secondary payloads on larger rockets, ...

While Business Time was the company's first commercial payload, it marked Rocket Lab's second launch of the year. “With two orbital launches down for 2018, we’re not resting on our laurels ...

Radian One wouldn't be a replacement for all rockets, though. Radian's space plane would be capable of carrying smaller payloads into space making it the equivalent of a pickup truck, he told CNN.

A real rocket would, of course, have no ram to feed in the fuel. But Dr Harkness hopes Newton’s laws of motion will deal with that. Though the prototype under test is not yet powerful enough to ...